Investing in Transportation and Infrastructure
Surface Transportation Reauthorization Requests
To ensure that my constituents have complete access to the work that I do in Congress, I have posted online the requests that I have received from New York City, New York State and the National Parks Service to the Fiscal Year 2010 Surface Transportation Act on behalf of the 9th Congressional District of New York.
Title: Study and Implementation of Congestion Reduction Measures on Woodhaven Boulevard
Supervising Agency: New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Description: Woodhaven Boulevard, from Queens Boulevard to the Liberty Avenue / Rockaway Boulevard intersection, is a wide north-south road that runs from Queens Boulevard to the Liberty Avenue / Rockaway Boulevard intersection. The study portion of the Project will, in consultation with the community, identify needs and develop recommendations for improvement and will examine both current and projected future conditions so that congestion is reduced and quality of life is improved.
Title: Design and Installation of ITS Technologies along Coastal Evacuation Routes in the Rockaways
Supervising Agency: New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)
Amount Requested: $2,400,000
Description: The goal of this project is to install Advanced Solid-State Traffic Controllers (ASTC), Traffic Signal Battery Back-ups, Wireless Traffic Surveillance Cameras and Wireless Modems on the designated costal evacuation routes in the Rockaways. This project would significantly help the City in its preparedness in the event of a major costal storm requiring the evacuation of low lying areas throughout the city. The upgrade to ASTC with battery back-up would allow for increased reliability and operability of the traffic signals.
Title: Design and Construction of Transit Improvements on Kew Gardens Road
Supervising Agency: New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)
Amount Requested: $3,200,000
Description: The Kew Gardens Airport Access Project will analyze and redesign a congested intersection and subway/bus transfer point at the confluence of Kew Gardens Road, 80th Road, and Queens Boulevard, in Kew Gardens, Queens. The site is located at a very busy subway (E & F train) to bus (Q10) transfer point for commuters/passengers. This project would normalize a poorly-designed intersection to provide a more efficient transfer and greater convenience for the thousands of daily commuters, thereby improving the safety and ease of transfer to JFK.
Title: Reconstruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk
Supervising Agency: New York City Parks
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Description: The Rockaway Boardwalk is an attractive and heavily used feature of New York City’s longest beach. Large sections of the boardwalk are in need of major renovation, necessitating the complete rebuilding of the timber understructure, and replacement of surface decking. Stairs and ramps also require reconstruction, incorporating ADA compliance. This project will incorporate sustainable products such as scored concrete and recycled plastic in the reconstruction of portions of the boardwalk, ramps and stairs from Beach 84th Street to Beach 126th Street.
Title: Design and Construct Safe Routes to Schools
Supervising Agency: New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Description: The Safe Routes to School’s Priority Schools Initiative is an ongoing effort by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) to improve student pedestrian safety around schools that have the most serious crash histories by making operational and capital safety improvements to the streets. Each of NYCDOT's Priority Schools receives an individualized planning study which determines both short-term and long-term measures to improve safety.
Title: Capital Improvements to Support Expanded and Improved Ferry Service in New York Harbor
Supervising Agency: New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Description: This project would provide for the construction and upgrade of ferry landing facilities throughout the City of New York, as well as associated pedestrian and intermodal improvements. These improvements would be targeted at facilities serving the expanding network of privately operated and contract ferries. The project would help support New York City’s ongoing program of investment in ferry infrastructure – the largest and most successful in the United States.
Title: Improvements at Riis Landing, Gateway National Recreation Area
Supervising Agency: National Parks Service (NPS)
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Description: Repair north and east breakwater; Relocate barge to Coast Guard building; Remove and replace 140-foot floating timber walkway; Remove debris that may impede navigation; Dredge basin for ferry maneuvering; Replace south and west bulkhead; Repair damaged asphalt adjacent to south bulkhead; Remove existing timber pier walkway and derelict pilings.
Title: Installation of ASTC Controllers in New York City
Supervising Agency: New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)
Amount Requested: $15,000,000
Description: Currently many traffic signal controllers within the City are electro-mechanical controllers. These controllers are outdated and in need of replacement. Over the past several years NYCDOT has developed and begun installing an Advanced Solid State Traffic Controller (ASTC) to replace the electro-mechanicals. The goal of this project is to install ASTC’s throughout the City.
Title: Design, procure, and install commercial vehicle monitoring and enforcement systems utilizing ITS technologies to analyze commercial vehicle traffic at five key bridges connecting New Jersey and New York City for the purposes of planning, asset management, security and safety enforcement.
Supervising Agency: New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)
Amount Requested: $4,800,000
Description: This program would design, procure, and install commercial vehicle monitoring and enforcement systems at five key bridges connecting New Jersey and New York City area used by commercial vehicles. These systems utilize electronic technologies such as license plate readers and weigh-in-motion devices to analyze commercial vehicle traffic into NYC for planning, asset management, security and safety enforcement.
Title: Design and Construct Multi Use Path Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Recreation Area
Supervising Agency: National Parks Service (NPS)
Amount Requested: $13,800,000
Description: Construction of a 12-mile long multiple-use trail (MUT) network at Floyd Bennett Field at Gateway National Recreation Area would create an unrivaled new off-road recreation opportunity in New York City. It would complement the emerging New York City Greenway, Jamaica Bay Water Trail, and the Rockaway Gateway Greenway path connecting Floyd Bennett Field’s resources to the millions of residents and visitors to New York.
Title: This project will provide improvements to MTA NYC Transit subway stations, including passenger information systems and other station elements.
Supervising Agency: Metropolitan Transit Authority
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Description: Will construct new platforms at the station to accommodate 12 car trains (currently you must be on the first 8 cars to exit at this station), along with other station improvements such as new platform lighting, platform railings, Audio-Visual Paging System installation, signage, curbing and site work, platform shelters, a new pedestrian overpass with two elevators, new ticket vending machine and line improvements (including fencing / sounds walls) in the vicinity of the station and along the bay ridge branch.
Title: Construction of water taxi landing to improve waterborne connection from Brooklyn to other points in the New York Harbor
Supervising Agency: Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation
Amount Requested: $1,600,000
Description: Construction of water taxi landing to improve waterborne connection from Brooklyn to other points in the New York Harbor.
